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In February and March 2010, Berlin ETO organised 11 Chinese New Year receptions in the eight countries under its purview.
North America
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Washington (Washington ETO) presented the 15th annual 'Made in Hong Kong Film Festival' co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution.
A number of government officials visited Washington, DC. The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, visited Washington in March and met the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Dr Ben Bernanke; Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Mr Dominique Strauss-Kahn; and Chairman of the Securities and Exchanges Commission, Ms Mary Schapiro.
In May, the Permanent Secretary for Education, Mr Raymond Wong, visited Washington and met the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Education, Mr Andrew Lewis, representatives of the Institute of International Education and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
In June, the Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services), Miss Au King-chi, visited Washington and met the Under Secretary for Treasury, Mr Jeffrey Goldstein, and the Assistant Secretary for Treasury, Mr Michael Barr.
In October, the Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, visited Washington to attend the International Monetary Fund/World Bank annual meeting. He met the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Dr Ben Bernanke; the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Dr Austan Goolsbee; and the Director of the National Economic Council, Dr Larry Summers.
In December, Washington ETO organised a visit by the Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, to Santiago in Chile, and Brasília and São Paulo in Brazil.
In Chile, Mr Tsang met the Minister of Finance, Mr Felipe Larrain; the Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, Mr Juan Andrés Fontaine; the Minister of Agriculture, Mr José Antonio Galilea; the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Fernando Schmidt; and the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Chile, Mr Manuel Marfán.
In Brazil, Mr Tsang met the Finance Ministry's Secretary for International Affairs, Mr Marcos Galvão; the Vice-Governor for International Affairs of the Central Bank of Brazil, Mr Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva; the Secretary-General of Ministry of External Relations, Mr Antônio de Aguiar Patriota; the Acting Secretary of Trade and Services of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Mr Maurício Lucena do Val; and the São Paulo City Mayor, Mr Gilberto Kassab.
Hong Kong's role as a global financial centre was highlighted in the presentation in Toronto by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, at a fully-packed seminar on 'Listing and Capital Raising in
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